Xixia language

Xixia (Tangut), and other languages. The Tibetan writing system (which dates from the 7th century) and the Burmese (dating from the 11th century) are derived from the Indo-Aryan (Indic) tradition. The Xixia system (developed in the 11th–13th century in northwestern China) was based on the…

…indirect descendant of the extinct Xixia (also known as Tangut) language, once spoken in a powerful empire located in the far northwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Although the empire was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century, a large literature in Xixia survives. It is…